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United States Patent | 6,112,087 |
Tayloe | August 29, 2000 |
At least one ground station (120) and at least one subscriber unit (SU) (130) allow users to perform user-aided registration procedures in satellite communications system (100). Ground station (120) and SU (130) communicate with each other using at least one communications satellite (110). The user-aided registration procedures (400, 500, and 600) enable border crossings to more accurately be processed by the system (100). Registration region information is presented to a user using a display device. A user response is processed by the SU and the ground station during registration procedures.
Inventors: | Tayloe; Daniel Richard (Phoenix, AZ) |
Assignee: | Motorola, Inc. (Schaumburg, IL) |
Appl. No.: | 128430 |
Filed: | August 4, 1998 |
Current U.S. Class: | 455/435.2; 455/427; 455/457 |
Intern'l Class: | H04Q 007/20 |
Field of Search: | 455/435,436,437,438,439,440,456,457,427,428,429,430 |
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5528247 | Jun., 1996 | Nonami | 455/12. |
5561836 | Oct., 1996 | Sowles et al. | 455/12. |
5579535 | Nov., 1996 | Orlen et al. | 455/33. |
5592154 | Jan., 1997 | Lin et al. | 340/825. |
5946618 | Aug., 1999 | Agre et al. | 455/428. |
6006091 | Dec., 1999 | Lupien | 455/435. |
6035195 | Mar., 2000 | Kishida et al. | 455/435. |